Another week of play meant another pair of sweeps for Tenerife and Valencia, with Viladecans keeping pace in third. Five of the six series ended in two wins for one side, but…
Team Netherlands Lose First Game at Final Olympic Qualifier
PUEBLA — Team Netherlands lost 9-3 (box score) to Venezuela in its opening game in the three-team group stage of the Final Olympic Qualifier event in Puebla, Mexico. Venezuela scored two runs in…
The Netherlands Set to Challenge Venezuela in Final Olympic Qualifier
PUEBLA — Team Netherlands is set to challenge Venezuela tonight in Puebla, Mexico, as it begins its pursuit of the sixth and final spot in the Tokyo Olympics baseball tournament. The Dutch…
Team Israel Adds Bethesda (US) Train Stop to Its Pre-Olympic Schedule
Press release and graphic from Israel Association of Baseball. TEL AVIV — Israel’s national baseball team will play one game near the United States capital as part of its pre-Olympic training. Team…
British Baseball Weeks 3 & 4: Relentless Offense for London Mets Breaks NBL Logjam
Our last update featured a four-way tie for first place in British Baseball’s National Baseball League. A fortnight later and the London Mets are once more on top as the juggernaut seeks…
Croatian League Week 9: Playoff Teams Set; Karlovac, Split with Home Field Advantage
The penultimate week of league play in Croatian baseball sewed up the final two spots in the playoffs as Zagreb and Varaždin will travel to Olimpija Karlovac and Nada Split, hosts for the…
Austrian Bundesliga Week 7: Standings Shakeup Makes MetroStars the New Leader
It would not be much of a stretch to say that half of the victories recorded in last weekend’s Austrian baseball circuit were shocking upsets, and the results almost completely rewrote the…
Team Russia Will Not Defend Gold at 40th Prague Baseball Week
Team Russia, winners of the gold medal at the 2020 Prague Baseball Week, will not take part in the 2021 edition of the event which begins on Tuesday. The national team was…
Barcelona Baseball Cup Postponed Until 2022
By Bruce Baskin The Barcelona Baseball Cup (BBC), in which the Mexican Pacific League’s Guasave Algodoneros were going to play as part of their preseason schedule in September has been postponed until…
Mensik’s Wolfpack Wins College World Series Opener
OMAHA — Brno, Czech Republic native Vojtech Mensik and his North Carolina State Wolfpack defeated the Stanford Cardinal 10-4 in the opening game of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 College World Series…
Heidenheim and Regensburg Battle For Control of Bundesliga South
The German Bundesliga South’s top two clubs will meet in Week 13 action this weekend, with the defending champion Heidenheim Heideköpfe hosting the Guggenberger Legionäre Regensburg on Friday evening and again on Saturday…
Czech Republic’s Mensik to Play in 2021 College World Series
Vojtech Mensik and his North Carolina State Wolfpack are bound for Omaha and the 2021 NCAA Division I College World Series. Mensik, a native of Brno, Czech Republic and a member of…
Defending champ RusStar is Ahead of the Pack in Russian Championship
By Victor Shestopalov May 30 was the final day of the first leg of the Russian baseball championship. A field of 10 teams, divided into two groups, played the single round-robin tournament over…
Aberdeen (US) Latest Stop Added to Team Israel Exhibition Tour
Press release and graphic from Israel Association of Baseball. Israel’s national baseball team will continue its pre-Olympic tour of the Northeastern United States when it plays the Cal Ripken League All-Stars in…
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Israeli Premier League Playoffs Begin
The 2021 Israeli Premier League playoffs are set to begin on Sunday, with Game One in the league’s three-game championship series scheduled for June 23. Sunday’s match-up has Bet Shemesh taking on…
Kenko New Netherlands Baseball5 Partner
Nagase Kenko has been named the new partner for baseball5 by the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB). Although the company is not well-known in Europe, it is a significant sporting…
Katowice Building New Stadium, Part of City Sports Complex
Press release and photos courtesy of Polish Baseball and Softball Association. Construction of a sports complex which will include a baseball field has started in Katowice. The facility will be used by the thriving…
Croatian League Week 8: Split Clinches Playoff Berth: Vindija Varaždin, Zagreb Draw Series
The impressive volte-face by Split culminated last weekend in its first achievement of 2021. The Adriatic club claimed a place in the first round of the Croatian Baseball Championship with sweep of visiting…
USA Qualifies for Olympics; Venezuela and DR to Challenge Netherlands in Mexico
The field for the 2020 Olympic baseball tournament in Tokyo is one step closer to being finalized, with the USA joining the already qualified nations, including the European qualifier Israel, after winning the WBSC…
Czech Extraliga Signs Streaming Agreement With US Streaming Platform
The Czech Baseball Association and the US sports streaming service For the Fans have signed an agreement to stream three Extraliga matches per week in the US. For the Fans (FTF) is…
Polish Ekstraliga Week 5: Kutno Still Perfect, Rybnik Close Behind
The top three teams in Polish baseball are beginning to pull away from the pack, with Kutno, Rybnik, and Wroclaw all sweeping Sunday doubleheaders. Each has won at least four games in…
Lithuanian Championship Week 7: Battle of the Leaders Rewrites the Standings
And then there was one. After six weeks of Vilnius, Utenos Titanai, and Kauno Lituanica all jammed at the top of the Lithuanian baseball standings, one series – Lituanica paying a visit…
Austria’s Attnang-Puchheim Athletics to Renovate Lighting and Facilities, Plan to Bid For International Events
The Attnang-Puchheim Athletics have started infrastructure improvements that will make the club’s facilities among the best in Europe. Credit: Haywood Photos. The four-time Austrian champion Attnang-Puchheim ASAK Athletics have started a series…
Swiss NLA to Start Play at Weekend
With a two-month delay, Switzerland’s top domestic league, the Nationalliga A (NLA), will start play this weekend, along with the country’s second division, the Nationalliga B (NLB). The seven-team NLA starts play…